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<div style="position: absolute; top: 200px; left: 295px;">The Net Tender</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 289px; left: 295px;">Newsletter of St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 335px; left: 666px;">MAY 2008 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 395px; left: 315px;"><b>RECTOR’S REFLECTION </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 426px; left: 315px;">Ordinary Time </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 447px; left: 315px;">Following the Day of Pentecost, the Church enters a pe-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 468px; left: 315px;">riod known as “Ordinary Time.”  Although logic and cas-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 488px; left: 315px;">ual observation would suggest that this term refers to a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 509px; left: 315px;">season in which we simply go about the usual and mun-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 530px; left: 315px;">dane activities, in fact this is not the case.  We get the term ordinary from</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 551px; left: 315px;">the word “ordinal,”  referring our practice of counting the Sundays follow-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 571px; left: 315px;">ing the Pentecost and again after Christmas. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 592px; left: 315px;">The 33 or 34 weeks of Ordinary Time represent the bulk of the Christian </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 613px; left: 315px;">Year. With that in mind, we might consider them a period in which we are </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 633px; left: 315px;">called to the <i>extraordinary </i>work of the Church. This is the time when, in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 654px; left: 315px;">the absence of major feast days (and their accompanying secular distrac-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 675px; left: 315px;">tions!) we are free to go forth into the world intentionally “to love and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 695px; left: 315px;">serve the Lord.” </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 733px; left: 76px;">Though we may think of Christmas and Easter as times when we are especially called to reach out in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 754px; left: 72px;">Christ’s name, we must remember during Ordinary Time that we are called to reach out at <i>all times.  </i>Those </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 775px; left: 72px;">special gifts  of food and clothing are certainly welcome during the major holidays, but hunger has no sense </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 796px; left: 72px;">of the calendar, and the homeless seek shelter every day of the year. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 816px; left: 72px;">This year, our Westside Food Pantry has provided more assistance to the hungry than at any other time in its </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 837px; left: 72px;">history. For the first time in recent memory, the Pantry will continue its work through the month of May.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 858px; left: 72px;">With the prices of food, fuel and other essentials continuing to rise, we may expect the needs of our </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 878px; left: 72px;">neighbors to continue for some time. With your help, and through the generosity of our partners on and off </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 899px; left: 72px;">this beautiful island, the Westside Food Pantry will continue to provide assistance to those in need. Clearly, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 920px; left: 72px;">as we enter this Ordinary Time, we are called to reach beyond the ordinary in our expressions of God’s </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 940px; left: 72px;">Love!  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 961px; left: 72px;"><i>Father Richard </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1016px; left: 79px;"><b>GIFTS FROM THE PEOPLE OF MAINE  </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1055px; left: 168px;">We have been blessed by the ministry of Bishop Knudsen and with hope and joy as we look </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1075px; left: 168px;">forward to Bishop-Elect Lane’s episcopate. It is traditional to acknowledge these blessings with </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1096px; left: 168px;">gifts. It is customary to have a portrait made of the retiring Bishop which will hang in the  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1117px; left: 168px;">Cathedral Upper Hall. And, traditionally, the people of the Diocese present a new bishop with  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1137px; left: 168px;">a Pectoral Cross.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1179px; left: 79px;">Checks can be sent to Terrance Reimer, Diocesan Finance Office, 143 State Street, Portland ME 04101 with </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1199px; left: 79px;">a notation that they are for the <i>Transition Fund. </i>Any money received over what is needed for the portrait </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1220px; left: 79px;">and the cross restoration will go to Bishop Lane's Discretionary Fund.  </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1462px; left: 58px;">We are so happy to <b>welcome </b>home Richard &amp; Pamela </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1483px; left: 58px;">from their well-deserved vacation, and to have Paul &amp; </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1504px; left: 58px;">Margot safely home from cross-country travel.  Our sea-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1525px; left: 58px;">sonal friends are slowly returning to “open camp”, work </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1545px; left: 58px;">on boats, plant gardens and to worship with us again.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1566px; left: 58px;">Ron &amp; Evelyn Rowland were in church on the 27</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1566px; left: 424px;">, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1587px; left: 58px;">Sonia Loizeaux and Fred &amp; Ann Benson have been here </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1607px; left: 58px;">from time to time; Finlay &amp; Betty Whittlesey and Rod </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1628px; left: 58px;">Lucas will be here in mid-May, and Doris Walton early </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1649px; left: 58px;">in June.  We greet you and all the others with joy! </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1690px; left: 58px;">Each month we can give <b>thanks </b>for new ministries,  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1711px; left: 58px;">activities and plans in our parish. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1752px; left: 58px;">Godly Play Thanks to Cass Wright, Nicole Carreno </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1773px; left: 58px;">and B.J. Fallica for filling in for Floy Ervin when she is </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1794px; left: 58px;">away.  It’s great that Nicole took part in Godly Play </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1814px; left: 58px;">training in Portland on April 19. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1856px; left: 58px;">Sunday morning “between the services” – Bill Baker </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1876px; left: 58px;">has done an astounding job planning our 9:00 a.m. ses-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1897px; left: 58px;">sions this spring!  Thank you, Bill, so much.  Please </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1918px; left: 58px;">check out the schedule and plan to be with us. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1959px; left: 58px;">We are moving steadily ahead with discussion of <b>plans </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1980px; left: 58px;"><b>for growing our facilities </b>to meet our needs!   In addi-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2001px; left: 58px;">tion to our meetings with architect Brett Donham (see </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2021px; left: 58px;">Paul Haertel’s article) at press time, we anticipate a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2042px; left: 58px;">fruitful and I am sure challenging discussion of how we </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2063px; left: 58px;">will raise the funds to make our hopes reality.  Fr. Rich-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2083px; left: 58px;">ard, members of the Steering Committee, Finance Com-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2104px; left: 58px;">mittee and Vestry met on Monday, April 28, with the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2125px; left: 58px;">Rev. Deborah McKean, Deacon in the Diocese.  Bishop </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2145px; left: 58px;">Chilton recommended her enthusiastically as a fund-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2166px; left: 58px;">raising consultant.  Deborah was ordained deacon last </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2187px; left: 58px;">June.   As well as her many involvements with the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2208px; left: 58px;">church over the years, she has had a 20-year profes-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2228px; left: 58px;">sional career in non-profit fund-raising.  As with all </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2249px; left: 58px;">parts of this process, we’ll keep you posted, and invite </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2270px; left: 58px;">suggestions and questions. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2311px; left: 58px;">Karen Craig’s idea became reality when she, Ida Smal-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2332px; left: 58px;">lidge and Chloe Hatcher hosted a most wonderful <b>gath-</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2352px; left: 58px;"><b>ering for women </b>in the parish and their friends on </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2373px; left: 58px;">Monday, April 14.  They’ve already been asked, “When </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2394px; left: 58px;">is the next one?”  We got great gardening tips, laced </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2415px; left: 58px;">with humor, from Mimi Barnes, Susan Buell and Cass </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2435px; left: 58px;">Wright; we shared our earliest garden memories and had </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1462px; left: 477px;">fun together.  It was especially nice to have two </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1483px; left: 477px;">mother/daughter pairs there – Susan &amp; Elisabeth </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1504px; left: 477px;">Buell and Peggy Walls &amp; Wanda Fernald. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1545px; left: 477px;">Administrative Professionals Day was observed on </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1566px; left: 477px;">Wednesday, April 23 -- only a few days ago -- and it </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1587px; left: 477px;">would never be too late to say thank you from all of </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1607px; left: 477px;">us to Michele Daley for her cheerful, efficient and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1628px; left: 477px;">creative presence in the office!!  Her latest project </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1649px; left: 477px;">(not included in her job description and done after </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1669px; left: 477px;">hours) has been to repaint the bright yellow bath-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1690px; left: 477px;">room—<b>THANK YOU, MICHELE </b>for all you do. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1732px; left: 477px;">Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with our </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1752px; left: 477px;"><b>grounds cleanup </b>on April 26</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1752px; left: 701px;">—and to Scott </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1773px; left: 477px;">Hatcher for doing the dirty job of removing all that </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1794px; left: 477px;">sand and gravel from the parking lot beforehand.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1814px; left: 477px;">The property looks terrific.  The next opportunity to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1835px; left: 477px;">have fun working together? Saturday, May 17, at St. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1856px; left: 477px;">Andrew! </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1876px; left: 477px;">Peace be with all, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1897px; left: 477px;"><i>Joan Bromage </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1421px; left: 58px;"><b>FROM THE SENIOR WARDEN </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1948px; left: 477px;"><b>TREASURE TROVE</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1979px; left: 477px;">When you're cleaning out your attic, garage, cup-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2000px; left: 477px;">boards or drawers this Spring don't forget to set </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2021px; left: 477px;">aside items for St. John's Treasure Trove, part of the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2041px; left: 477px;">Quietside Fair on July 19</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2041px; left: 668px;">.  Gently used kitchen-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2062px; left: 477px;">ware, linens, toys, games, and other household treas-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2083px; left: 477px;">ures are welcome (no clothing please). They may be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2103px; left: 477px;">taken anytime to Priscilla Trafton's garage, 40 Seal </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2124px; left: 477px;">Cove Rd.  Thank you. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2144px; left: 483px;"><i>Ann Benson </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2220px; left: 513px;"><b>TAX REBATE  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2251px; left: 513px;"><b>ON THE WAY </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2282px; left: 513px;">Looking for a good cause for your tax  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2303px; left: 513px;">rebate? Stay tuned for an interesting  idea </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2323px; left: 513px;">on how to not only use the money wisely, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2344px; left: 513px;">but also qualify for a 100%  match.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2365px; left: 513px;">More to come. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2385px; left: 513px;"><i>Jim Vekasi</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3576px; left: 690px;"><b>HAVE YOU </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3603px; left: 664px;"><b>REMEMBERED  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3631px; left: 689px;"><b>ST. JOHN’S  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3659px; left: 660px;"><b>IN YOUR WILL? </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3002px; left: 651px;"><b>PLEDGE UPDATE </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3030px; left: 693px;"><b>AS 3/31/08 </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3068px; left: 684px;">Pledged for 2007 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3088px; left: 715px;">$110,800 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3109px; left: 654px;">Pledges received to date </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3130px; left: 720px;">$40,635</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3150px; left: 649px;">Is your pledge up to date? </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3192px; left: 693px;"><b>INCOME &amp; </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3220px; left: 659px;"><b>EXPENDITURES </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3247px; left: 704px;"><b>UPDATE </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3275px; left: 673px;"><b>AS OF 3/31/08 </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3312px; left: 683px;">Budgeted income </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3333px; left: 720px;">$22,522 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3354px; left: 687px;">Income received </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3375px; left: 720px;">$22,745 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3395px; left: 660px;">Budgeted expenditures </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3416px; left: 720px;">$42,040 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3437px; left: 674px;">Actual expenditures </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3457px; left: 720px;">$35,962 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3478px; left: 657px;">Budgeted surplus/deficit </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3499px; left: 717px;">-$19,518 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3519px; left: 670px;">Actual surplus/deficit </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3540px; left: 717px;">-$13,218 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2609px; left: 58px;"><b>LOOKING AHEAD… </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2657px; left: 58px;"><b>MOUNT DESERT ORGAN FESTIVAL IN AUGUST</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2685px; left: 58px;">We (and Greta) will be privileged to host the first two sessions of a Mount Desert Organ Festival. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2706px; left: 58px;">• Wednesday evening, the 20</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2706px; left: 277px;">, Kevin Birch, Director of Music at St. John's Catholic Church in Bangor will </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2726px; left: 58px;">present an illustrated lecture on "Hook Organs in the State of Maine", followed by a short recital on Greta, our </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2747px; left: 58px;">1885 Hook &amp; Hastings Organ.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2768px; left: 58px;">• Thursday evening, the 21st, Douglas Beck, Organist-Choirmaster, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Old Town, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2788px; left: 58px;">Alexandria, VA returns to St. John for a full recital. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2809px; left: 58px;">• Friday noon, the 22</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2809px; left: 222px;">, the festival will conclude at St. Saviour's in Bar Harbor with Music Director Julia Mor-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2830px; left: 58px;">ris-Myers performing on their Visser-Rowland organ. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2871px; left: 58px;">The cost for our portion of this event will be about $850.  We already have a challenge grant of $350 to match </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2892px; left: 58px;">gifts from members of the parish and the community towards this expense.  With a successful sponsorship pro-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2913px; left: 58px;">gram covering most of this expense, we are hopeful that recital donations will contribute significantly to our </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2933px; left: 58px;">parish-operating budget.  Please contact Ted Bromage if you are willing to help. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2953px; left: 58px;"><i>Ted Bromage </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2987px; left: 58px;"><b>QUIETSIDE FAIR AT ST. JOHN</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3015px; left: 58px;">Preparations continue for the Quietside Fair at St. John. We are looking for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3036px; left: 58px;">quality items for the Silent Auction and good, usable “stuff” for the Bou-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3057px; left: 58px;">tique and Treasure Trove.  What sort of a recreational experience can you </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3077px; left: 58px;">offer our Fair visitors?  Please contact Mary Vekasi, Ted Bromage, Eleanor </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3098px; left: 58px;">Watts or Ann Benson with your thoughts and offerings. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3118px; left: 58px;"><i>Ted Bromage </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3170px; left: 58px;"><b>ACADIA REGIONAL COALITION</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3198px; left: 58px;">Sarah Flynn has volunteered to be the lay leader for one year.  Chris </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3219px; left: 58px;">Chornyak of St. Dunstan’s will be the clergy leader.  The parish needs one</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3239px; left: 58px;">more representative to the Coalition. The next meeting of ARC will be on </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3260px; left: 58px;">Tuesday, May 20th at St. Dunstan’s.  Bishop Lane will be coming to St. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3281px; left: 58px;">John on August 24 and to St. Mary’s in Northeast Harbor on August 17. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3301px; left: 58px;"><i>Ted Bromage</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3352px; left: 58px;"><b>TIME TO DIG AND DIVIDE...... </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3383px; left: 58px;">Now that our long winter is gone and Spring is finally here, it's time to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3404px; left: 58px;">think about dividing and donating some of your perennials to be sold at the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3425px; left: 58px;">Quietside Festival.  It's easy to do, and not only benefits St. John's through </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3445px; left: 58px;">the plant table at the fair, but it helps your own garden, by stimulating </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3466px; left: 58px;">those plants to GROW!!!!  If you need pots for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3487px; left: 58px;">them, I have plenty---just call. I'm potting up some </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3507px; left: 58px;">now from my garden, and will keep them watered </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3528px; left: 58px;">and fertilized until the fair.... I hope you'll enjoy </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3549px; left: 58px;">doing the same.  Call me with any questions ---and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3569px; left: 58px;">please remember that only perennials and annuals </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3590px; left: 58px;">will sell----so no house plants, please. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3610px; left: 58px;"><i>Mimi Barnes</i>----244-7985 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3797px; left: 463px;"><b>FORWARD DAY BY DAY </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3829px; left: 463px;"><i>You are the salt of the earth...the light of the world. </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3847px; left: 463px;">Matthew 5:11-16. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3865px; left: 463px;">Salt in first-century Palestine was greatly valued: even </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3886px; left: 463px;">in small quantities, it was costly. Salt brought out the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3906px; left: 463px;">flavor of food; it saved meat and fish from decay. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3927px; left: 463px;">People's lives depended on it. It worked its miracles of </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3948px; left: 463px;">flavoring bread and preserving fish only by coming </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3968px; left: 463px;">into close contact with what it would affect: it was </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3989px; left: 463px;">worthless if it was kept apart from ordinary life. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4010px; left: 463px;">Light, too, was precious in a way we find hard to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4030px; left: 463px;">imagine, with artificial light available to us twenty-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4051px; left: 463px;">four hours a day, eliminating darkness at a touch. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4072px; left: 463px;">Light in Jesus' day would have been provided after </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4093px; left: 463px;">sunset only by small oil lamps or smoky torches -- and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4113px; left: 463px;">the illumination they gave in the dense night must </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4134px; left: 463px;">have been gratefully received indeed. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4175px; left: 463px;">How astounding hat Jesus called his disciples -- calls </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4196px; left: 463px;">us -- salt and light. Do we add zest to our world? Do </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4217px; left: 463px;">we help to save others from destruction? Are we </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4237px; left: 463px;">happy to be mixed up with those whose lives we </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4258px; left: 463px;">would enhance and preserve? Do we, however dimly </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4279px; left: 463px;">burning ourselves, share our light with those in greater </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4300px; left: 463px;">darkness? May we be with God's help, light and salt </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4320px; left: 463px;">for the world.  </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4341px; left: 463px;"><i>reprinted from Forward Day By Day, April 15, 2008</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4381px; left: 463px;"><i>Forward Day By Day </i>is a manual of </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4401px; left: 463px;">daily Bible readings and devotions  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4422px; left: 463px;">issued quarterly by the Forward Move-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4443px; left: 463px;">ment, 300 West Fourth Street, Cincin-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4463px; left: 463px;">nati, OH 45202. Copies are made avail-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4484px; left: 463px;">able each quarter at both St. John's </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4505px; left: 463px;">Church and at St. Andrew's (June </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4525px; left: 463px;">through September).  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4567px; left: 463px;">Forward Movement is an agency of the Episcopal </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4588px; left: 463px;">Church and in addition to Forward Day By Day, dis-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4608px; left: 463px;">tributes many publications on prayer, meditation, the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4629px; left: 463px;">Sacraments, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Church. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4650px; left: 463px;">800-543-1813 <a href="http://www.forwardmovement.org/" target="_blank">www.forwardmovement.org</a> </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4688px; left: 463px;"><b>LOOKING FOR MEMORIES </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4720px; left: 463px;">I am working on a history of the Episcopal Church on </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4740px; left: 463px;">MDI, and would welcome any good, detailed memo-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4761px; left: 463px;">ries of St. Andrews and/or St. John and/or any other </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4782px; left: 463px;">Episcopal church on the Island. Call me at 244-3784. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4802px; left: 463px;">Thanks a heap. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4822px; left: 463px;"><i>Bill Baker</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3797px; left: 58px;"><b>SPRING CLEAN UP  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3828px; left: 58px;"><b>AT ST. JOHN’S—APRIL 26</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4985px; left: 58px;"><b>CONGRATULATIONS, EZRA </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5017px; left: 58px;"><i>"Parents pride in their children cannot be a deadly sin, because it is made up of those two virtues—faith and hope."</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5067px; left: 264px;">We went out to the high school on April 12 to see Ezra Halkett's senior project </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5087px; left: 264px;">performance—something we had been anticipating for some time. However, we </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5108px; left: 264px;">were not prepared for the sense of excitement as we joined a large crowd of peo-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5129px; left: 264px;">ple filing into the auditorium. Ann was greeting people with a mixture of parental </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5149px; left: 264px;">nervousness and a great deal of pride.  It was satisfying to see lots of  St. John's </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5170px; left: 264px;">people there and to recognize people from all segments of island life. Ann pointed </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5191px; left: 264px;">out to me the man who had driven the fire truck that had escorted Ezra home to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5211px; left: 264px;">Cherryfield after his long, difficult hospital stay.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5246px; left: 264px;">As the lights went down, Ezra began his multimedia presentation with pictures of</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5267px; left: 264px;">a happy healthy little boy whose life was upended at eleven years old in a terrible </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5287px; left: 264px;">car crash while he was vacationing in Jamaica with his grandparents. The pictures, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5308px; left: 264px;">music, and bits of dialog told the story of his struggle to regain speech and mobil-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5329px; left: 264px;">ity—and the respect of his peers. He included monologues that he had written </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5350px; left: 264px;">from the point of view of his grandmother and his mother and these were read by </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5370px; left: 264px;">Sheri Clixby.  Mark Puglisi and Casey Rush also played supporting roles. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5404px; left: 58px;">Ezra talked about not being included in ordinary </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5425px; left: 58px;">teen activities, about the difficulties encountered</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5446px; left: 58px;">on trips to the mall, and about his discomfort </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5467px; left: 58px;">with rude remarks directed at the girls on the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5487px; left: 58px;">basketball team. He progressed to his happiness </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5508px; left: 58px;">at being invited by friends to see a musical and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5529px; left: 58px;">grab a bite at Denny's. The last image of the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5549px; left: 58px;">presentation was of Ezra dancing on his Segway </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5570px; left: 58px;">to the music of Tub Thumping Chum-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5591px; left: 58px;">bawumba.  "I get knocked down, but I get up </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5611px; left: 58px;">again. They're never gonna keep me down!" </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5404px; left: 423px;">This was a story filled with profound sadness, poignancy, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5425px; left: 423px;">humor and triumph. I know I speak for the whole St. John's </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5446px; left: 423px;">family when I congratulate Ezra on his senior project and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5467px; left: 423px;">wish him well with his college career and in the years be-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5487px; left: 423px;">yond. We have been blessed by having him with us in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5508px; left: 423px;">church and we celebrate his spirit and the love of his family </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5529px; left: 423px;">as they all make this transition. There is no doubt that Ezra </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5549px; left: 423px;">can accomplish whatever goal he selects and that his life </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5570px; left: 423px;">will be one of fulfillment and success. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5590px; left: 423px;"><i>Cass Wright</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5647px; left: 58px;"><b>TO OUR FRIENDS AT ST. JOHN'S </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5675px; left: 58px;">As the first anniversary of our son Alex' death approaches we want to thank you all for your prayers and de-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5695px; left: 58px;">voted support during the past year.  Each month brought a new note of sympathy, written so thoughtfully by so </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5716px; left: 58px;">many of you.  We had intended to acknowledge each one personally, but...."the things that we ought to have </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5737px; left: 58px;">done...."  Please know that we appreciate them all and thank each of the writers. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5768px; left: 58px;">The year has passed with many tears and many memories. We've made some progress towards acceptance - </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5789px; left: 58px;">understanding will probably always be beyond our grasp. Our daughter-in-law Becky and their two boys have </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5809px; left: 58px;">spent a good winter living near her family in Buffalo.  They will go to their Watts "homestead" in Saranac </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5830px; left: 58px;">Lake as often as possible this summer and we look forward to having them visit us in Maine. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5861px; left: 58px;">Again, our thanks for all your prayers and expressions of comfort. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5881px; left: 58px;"><i>Eleanor and Sandy Watts</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5917px; left: 58px;"><b>HEADS UP . . . NOW HEAR THIS!</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5945px; left: 58px;">The Net Tender is available via e-mail. Not only will you receive your monthly copy sooner but it will contain color in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5964px; left: 58px;">the photographs and in other spots throughout the issue that Michele with her artistic qualities selects. Also, you will be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5983px; left: 58px;">saving the church a 41 cent stamp (soon to be 42 cents) along with the cost of paper and the time to fold, label, stamp </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6002px; left: 58px;">and take to the post office. Not a big savings -- but a savings nonetheless. Michele is just a click away at </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6021px; left: 58px;"><a href="mailto:saints315@verizon.net" target="_blank">saints315@verizon.net</a><font color="#100f0d" face="Times">. The choice is yours. </font></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6185px; left: 113px;">Birthdays </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6238px; left: 177px;"><b>May 2</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6258px; left: 135px;">Jozette McEnroe </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6279px; left: 177px;"><b>May 4</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6300px; left: 146px;">Wayne Parlee</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6320px; left: 177px;"><b>May 7</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6341px; left: 163px;">Cuff Train </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6362px; left: 147px;">Bob Winglass </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6383px; left: 177px;"><b>May 9</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6403px; left: 144px;">Joan Bromage </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6424px; left: 153px;">Cass Wright </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6445px; left: 173px;"><b>May 11</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6465px; left: 135px;">Susannah Jones </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6486px; left: 173px;"><b>May 14</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6507px; left: 144px;">Allan Heyward </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6527px; left: 173px;"><b>May 19</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6548px; left: 152px;">Anne Welles </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6569px; left: 173px;"><b>May 20</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6589px; left: 140px;">Priscilla Trafton </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6610px; left: 173px;"><b>May 22</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6631px; left: 157px;">Lisa Young </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6652px; left: 127px;">Marianna Heyward </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6672px; left: 173px;"><b>May 26</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6693px; left: 144px;">Samuel Felton </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6714px; left: 173px;"><b>May 31</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6734px; left: 145px;">Sam Parkman </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6806px; left: 76px;">Anniversaries </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6854px; left: 177px;"><b>May 7 </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6874px; left: 93px;">John and Elizabeth Hewlett </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6895px; left: 173px;"><b>May 19 </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6916px; left: 98px;">Steve and Wanda Fernald </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6937px; left: 173px;"><b>May 31 </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6957px; left: 109px;">Frank and Mimi Barnes </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6173px; left: 369px;"><b>STEERING COMMITTEE REPORT </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6205px; left: 369px;">On April 19</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6205px; left: 465px;">, Senior Warden Joan Bromage, Junior Warden </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6225px; left: 369px;">Chloe Hatcher and Steering Committee members Joe Murphy, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6246px; left: 369px;">Patsy Fogarty, Jim Vekasi and Paul Haertel met with Architect </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6267px; left: 369px;">Brett Donham.   </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6308px; left: 369px;">This meeting was a working session to confirm our church facil-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6329px; left: 369px;">ity priorities and discuss Brett’s preliminary thoughts regarding </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6350px; left: 369px;">structural alternatives and cost estimates. We also identified, and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6370px; left: 369px;">gathered additional needed information such as site plans, sur-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6391px; left: 369px;">veys, measurements of the current structure and more photo-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6412px; left: 369px;">graphs.  Lastly, we planned for completing a range of alternatives </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6432px; left: 369px;">for the Vestry’s consideration and discussed how to go about get-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6453px; left: 369px;">ting the best possible cost estimates. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6494px; left: 369px;">Our priorities remain unchanged.  Listed in order, they are to pro-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6515px; left: 369px;">vide: </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6536px; left: 423px;">1.  Handicapped accessibility </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6557px; left: 423px;">2.  An office for our rector </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6577px; left: 423px;">3.  Dedicated space for Sunday School and meetings </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6598px; left: 423px;">4.  Improved functionality of the Undercroft </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6639px; left: 369px;">Brett’s initial thoughts with regard to alternatives were discussed </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6660px; left: 369px;">and changes suggested.  When it’s appropriate, Jim will contact </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6681px; left: 369px;">one or more contractors to ask for their help in estimating the cost </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6701px; left: 369px;">of implementing each alternative.  After this, the Vestry, with in-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6722px; left: 369px;">put from the congregation, will decide upon our future course of </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6743px; left: 369px;">action. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6784px; left: 369px;">In every way possible, the past and current best ideas of our con-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6805px; left: 369px;">gregation and Vestry were considered.  Our next meeting with </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6826px; left: 369px;">Brett will occur at 11:00 a.m. on May 10</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6826px; left: 672px;">.  We look forward to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6846px; left: 369px;">working at that time to develop specific details which can then be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6867px; left: 369px;">shared with each of you.  So, “Stay Tuned”. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6887px; left: 369px;"><i>Paul Haertel </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7159px; left: 409px;">April 28th meeting of Rector &amp; Wardens, Vestry, Steering </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7180px; left: 409px;">Committee, and Finance Committee with the Rev. Deborah </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7201px; left: 409px;">McKean, Stewardship Consultant  <i>(100% attendance--</i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7222px; left: 409px;"><i>Spencer Ervin, Assistant Treasurer, was out of town but with </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7242px; left: 409px;"><i>us in spirit!)</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7364px; left: 255px;"><b>COME WORSHIP WITH US </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7395px; left: 344px;"><b>Sundays, May 4, 11, 18, 25</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7416px; left: 311px;">8:00 and 10:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7457px; left: 328px;"><b>Wednesdays, May 7, 14, 21, 28</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7478px; left: 348px;">9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7519px; left: 315px;"><b>Thursday, May 1 (Ascension Day)</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7540px; left: 306px;">5:30 p.m. – Evening Prayer and Music </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7618px; left: 58px;"><b>FORTHCOMING SUNDAY </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7649px; left: 58px;"><b>FORUM EVENTS </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7679px; left: 58px;"><b>May 4</b>: </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7700px; left: 58px;"><i>Lexio Divina: A Spiritual Way of Reading the Scriptures</i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7721px; left: 58px;">Eric Erickson and Joan Grant </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7755px; left: 58px;"><b>May 11</b>:  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7776px; left: 58px;"><i>God and the Supreme Court: The Episcopalian Princi-</i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7797px; left: 58px;"><i>ples of Thurgood Marshall </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7817px; left: 58px;">Ted Fletcher</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7851px; left: 58px;"><b>May 18</b>: </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7872px; left: 58px;"><i>The Seacoast Mission: An Update </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7893px; left: 58px;">Gary DeLong </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7927px; left: 58px;"><b>May 25</b>: </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7948px; left: 58px;">Bible Study, Part I: <i>The Book of The Revelation </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7968px; left: 58px;">Floy Ervin </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8002px; left: 58px;"><b>June 1</b>: </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8023px; left: 58px;">Bible Study, Part II: <i>The Book of The Revelation  </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8044px; left: 58px;">Floy Ervin</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7618px; left: 518px;"><b>SCRIPTURE FOR MAY </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7649px; left: 545px;"><b>May 4 (7</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7649px; left: 640px;"><b>Sunday of Easter) </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7670px; left: 597px;">Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7690px; left: 633px;">Acts 1:6-14 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7711px; left: 591px;">1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7732px; left: 628px;">John 17:1-11 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7752px; left: 589px;"><b>May 11 (Pentecost) </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7773px; left: 596px;">Psalm 104:25-35, 37b </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7793px; left: 553px;">Acts 2:1-21 or Numbers 11:24-30 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7814px; left: 537px;">1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 or Acts 2:1-21 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7835px; left: 564px;">John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7855px; left: 563px;"><b>May 18 (Trinity Sunday) </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7876px; left: 576px;">Psalm 8 or Canticle 2 or 13 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7897px; left: 614px;">Genesis 1:1-2:4a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7917px; left: 591px;">2 Corinthians 13:11-13 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7938px; left: 608px;">Matthew 28:16-20 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7958px; left: 579px;"><b>May 25 (Pentecost 2) </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7979px; left: 637px;">Psalm 131 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8000px; left: 619px;">Isaiah 59:8-16a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8021px; left: 605px;">1 Corinthians 4:1-5 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8041px; left: 613px;">Matthew 6:24-34 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8185px; left: 59px;"><b>CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS E-MAIL? </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8213px; left: 59px;">Every time I send out the weekly information, I receive this “unable to deliver” message for the following  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8234px; left: 59px;">e-mail address (<font color="#3748a4" face="Times"><a href="mailto:cutekittycat362000@yahoo.com" target="_blank">cutekittycat362000@yahoo.com</a></font>). Since there is no such address in my group, I don’t know </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8254px; left: 59px;">who it belongs to. Help! </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8275px; left: 59px;"><i>Michele </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8316px; left: 58px;"><b>LOVE LETTERS? </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8347px; left: 58px;">Is it possible that we in the St. John community may be offering Love Letters again???</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8368px; left: 58px;">Keep your eyes on the <i>Net Tenders</i>. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8388px; left: 58px;"><i>..........editors </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8084px; left: 58px;"><b>WORSHIP AT ST. ANDREW BY THE LAKE </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8115px; left: 58px;">Clean up will take place on Saturday, May 17</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8115px; left: 457px;">and the 8:00 a.m. worship services will begin </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8139px; left: 58px;">for the summer on Sunday, June 8</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8139px; left: 355px;">.  </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9613px; left: 178px;">8 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8549px; left: 45px;">The Net Tender - </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8560px; left: 281px;">MAY 2008</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8594px; left: 49px;">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8624px; left: 45px;">315 Main Street ● P.O. Box 767 ● Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8639px; left: 45px;">Phone 207-244-3229 Fax 207-244-3256 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8655px; left: 45px;">E-mail: <b><a href="mailto:saints315@verizon.net" target="_blank">saints315@verizon.net</a> </b>/ website: <b><a href="http://www.saintsmdi.org/" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.org</a></b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9201px; left: 139px;"><b>INSIDE: </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9222px; left: 68px;">ARC </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9222px; left: 251px;">3</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9239px; left: 68px;">Anniversaries/Birthdays</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9239px; left: 251px;">6 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9256px; left: 68px;">Clean Up Day at St. John’s 4 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9274px; left: 68px;">Day by Day</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9274px; left: 251px;">4 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9291px; left: 68px;">Ezra’s Presentation</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9291px; left: 251px;">5 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9308px; left: 68px;">Financial Update</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9308px; left: 251px;">3 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9325px; left: 68px;">Gifts for the Bishops</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9325px; left: 251px;">1 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9343px; left: 68px;">Net Tender via e-mail</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9343px; left: 251px;">5 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9360px; left: 68px;">Organ Festival</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9360px; left: 251px;">3 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9377px; left: 68px;">Quietside Festival </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9377px; left: 235px;">2, 3</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9394px; left: 68px;">Rector’s Reflection</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9394px; left: 251px;">1 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9412px; left: 68px;">Scripture for May</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9412px; left: 251px;">7 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9429px; left: 68px;">Sr. Warden’s Notes</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9429px; left: 251px;">2 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9446px; left: 68px;">Steering Committee </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9446px; left: 251px;">6 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9463px; left: 68px;">Tax Rebate</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9463px; left: 251px;">2 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9481px; left: 68px;">Worship Schedule</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9481px; left: 251px;">7 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9532px; left: 123px;"><b>Office Hours: </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9552px; left: 67px;">Monday · Tuesday · Thursday </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9573px; left: 100px;">8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8726px; left: 45px;"><b>Rector </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8744px; left: 45px;">The Rev. Richard Tardiff </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8765px; left: 45px;">244-4037</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8782px; left: 45px;"><b>Organist </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8801px; left: 45px;">William Voorhies </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8822px; left: 45px;"><b>Parish Administrator </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8840px; left: 45px;">Michele Daley  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8861px; left: 45px;"><b>Editors </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8880px; left: 45px;">Mimi &amp; Frank Barnes </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9184px; left: 315px;"><b>LETTERS FROM MARLON </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9215px; left: 315px;">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Church sponsor a child from Costa Rica by the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9236px; left: 315px;">name of Marlon Antonio Mayorquin. About every month we receive a  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9257px; left: 315px;">letter with pictures which is posted on the Outreach bulletin board in the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9277px; left: 315px;">undercroft. The following is a translation of his most recent letter. If you </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9298px; left: 315px;">would like to help with his sponsorship, the cost is $28/month and the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9319px; left: 315px;">months of December 2008 through April 2009 are still available. Sign up </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9339px; left: 315px;">on the sheet on the bulletin board. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9374px; left: 461px;">Dear Sponsors: </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9394px; left: 461px;">I hope my letter finds you in good health, along with </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9415px; left: 461px;">your family and friends. I hope you have a nice Easter, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9436px; left: 461px;">dear Sponsors. In communion with God and enjoying </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9457px; left: 461px;">His blessings, and I’m praying for all our brothers and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9477px; left: 461px;">sisters and for you there. I give thanks to Jehovah our </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9498px; left: 461px;">heavenly Father for giving me good Sponsors like you. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9519px; left: 461px;">Thank you for all the gifts you send me. They’re a real </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9539px; left: 461px;">blessing and a big help for me and my parents. It’s like </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9560px; left: 461px;">manna from heaven. Goodbye for now and a big hug. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9580px; left: 455px;"><i>Marlon Antonio Mayorquin </i></div>
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